All rights are reserved to Natsuki Takaya, Hana to Yume, and to whomever else it belongs to. I'm just trying to spread the Fruit Basket love.

As a warning, I'm only in Level 2 of Japanese Language. I'm doing this partly to improve my Japanese, partly for fun, and partly because I want to help those who know even less than Japanese than I do. Meaning, there are mistakes, and there are some passages I didn't even try to translate. [If a line is marked with '***', it means I had difficulty with it.]

If you know I have something wrong, or understood something I didn't, instead of being snotty, tell me (pixbell@hotmail.com) so that I can learn. I appreciate all constructive critiscm.

Go ahead and share the translation with your friends. Be warned that this is a rough draft.

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Obligatory Translator's Notes:

* Momiji often talks in German, which causes various problems for me– mainly that I can't translate it because I know none of it! But because sometimes the manga provides a translation in Japanese, I'll give a translation of that. If not, I'll just write in the German.

* Jyuunishi: This refers to the members of the members of the Sohma clan that turn into the animals of the Chinese Calendar. And, of course, it includes Kyou the kitty.

* Pun Trouble: The sound of the '2' in Japanese is "ni" [which is pronounced like "knee."] When saying it, a person kinda-sorta-but-not-really smiles. In order to preserve the joke, I changed the numbers around.

* More Pun Trouble: Tohru starts asking Yuki how his kikan is. She uses two kanji for the same pronunciation-- organ and trachea. She's basically confused as to kanji to use.
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pg. 67

[A black and white picture of Uo wearing a scarf, long white dress, and with her hair whipping in the non-existent wind.]

pg. 68

Tohru: (It's a bit sudden, but, welcome to our Cultural Festival!)
Girl1: I'm so haa~~ppy! Look at how much I sold!
Girl2: We might have the best in food and drinks!
Boy1: Probably 'cause it's so easy to eat onigiri.

[In a tiny evil little square where half the text is unreadable, it explains that Hana is telling fortunes in another booth. Of course, they're her brand of fortune telling-- a girl asks her if she has any chances with Yuki-kun. Hana tells her something along the lines of how she's the absolute worst and that she should give up entirely...]

pg. 69

Boy2: The onigiri Honda-san made are delicious.
Tohru [embarrassed]: Eh?! That, oh, uh...
Girl3 [holding up cat-themed onigiri]: The cat onigiri really is cute.

Tohru: Thank you... actually, I wanted to make a mouse onigiri, too...
Uo: Oh, yuck, that's too gross, I'd never it eat.
Kyou [holding the cat-themed onigiri]: (Isn't this cannibalism?)

***Tohru [kind of sad]: ...Still, the one who's contributed most to the class is–
YukiFangirl1 [off-screen]: Hey, you! No photos allowed!

pg. 70

[Yuki walks by, in the *most* frilly dress ever, and seriously pissed off.]

YukiFangirl1: Don't you remember that Yuki-kun didn't want any?

Boy2 [sweatdropping]: Yeah, he's just... far too cute...
Tohru: Yeah...
Boy3 [blushing]: Yuki-kun's attracting in a lot of customers...

Tohru: (That's right. He couldn't refuse the pleas of the third-year students, so today he's wearing women's clothing.)

[We see Yuki being surrounded by females, all with teary eyes, begging him, "Please please, pleeeease! Do it so that we seniors can have this memory as a present!"]

***Tohru: (The news spread quickly to the other classes. Boys, girls, and even teachers have come to see Sohma-kun in a dress. So we've sold a lot of onigiri because of him, but,)

pg. 71

Narration [point to Yuki]: He's sitting in a chair.

[A girl brings Yuki flowers. Yuki and Tohru make eye-contact.]

Tohru: (Sohma-kun seems displeased.)

[Yuki looks away quickly.]

Tohru [worried]: (And, for some reason, I get the feeling that he's avoiding me. At home, too...) I wonder if I've done anything to make him angry...

Kyou: Nah, I don't think so.

Kyou: He's probably just dying of embarrassment at being dressed up like a girl.

pg. 72

Kyou: He's got a huge hang-up over his girly face.

Uo: Really? But a lot of people really wanna look like that.
Kyou [cackling]: It's exactly what he deserves, that rotten Yuki!

Tohru [devastated]: What... what will I do?

Tohru [devastated]: Just now I was thinking to myself things like, "he's so cute..."!
Uo: Don't worry about it, that's pretty normal.
Kyou [cackling gleefully]: Yup! No matter how you look at it, that's a girl!

Tohru: (That would mean that Sohma-kun is now really hurt. Really, really hurt. But he still dared to wear the dress, for everyone else.)

pg. 73

Tohru: (He's a really nice guy--)

[Something catches Tohru's and Yuki's attention.]

[The weird German kid from the previous chapter just jumped onto Yuki's back.]

GermanKid: Yuki, you look like a girl!
Yuki: !!

Boy4: Who is that?
Tohru: Oh...!! (It's the boy who kissed me on the cheek!)

pg. 74

Kyou [surprised]: What's *he* doing here?
Tohru: What, Kyou-kun, you know him?

Voice: Momiji.

Voice: Don't go wandering off by yourself.
Momiji: Ja!
Yuki: .....!!

[The voice belongs to an older man, in his late twenties. His right eye is covered with his bangs, but his other eye-- rather freaky looking-- is in plain view. He wears a vest, a business shirt, and tie. He looks silent and unfriendly.]

DarkHairedMan: Hello. You look well, Yuki, Kyou.

pg. 75

Yuki [alarmed]: Ha–

Mass of Girls: Kyaaaaaaaa~~!

[A bunch of girls surround Momiji and the DarkHairedMan. Momiji drinks up the attention, while DarkHairedMan remains stoic.]

RandomGirl1 [blushing]: You're a friend of Yuki's?!
RandomGirl2 [blushing]: Cuuuute!
RandomGirl3 [blushing]: *So* handsome!

*** Momiji: Guten tag! I'm Momiji Sohma, half-German, half-Japanese! And he's Hatori Sohma. We're Kyou's and Yuki's relatives.

Mass of Girls [hearts flying]: Cuuuuuute!

Tohru: Is that true?!
Kyou [mildly irritated]: ...Yeah. But what the hell is Momiji doing here? And with *Hatori*?

pg. 76

Tohru [completely surprised]: (What a coincidence! So that's why he seemed surprised last time. To have run into another Sohma family member like that...)

Tohru: (So, could these two possible also be part of the jyuunishi...?
Hatori: So tell me, Yuki,

Hatori: Since when were you a girl?

[Yuki does his best not to beat Hatori up.]

Yuki [strained]: ....You've seen me naked *how* many times, and yet you still say things like that...

[The FanGirls, however, are shocked to hear the suggestion that Yuki is a girl.]

FanGirls: Eeeeeeh?!
FanGirl1: Ah, Yuki-kun, is that... no, it can't be-- is it true?!
FanGirl2: Sohma, all this time you were--!!
*** Yuki: No.

pg. 77

[Hatori randomly pulls out a stethoscope, and puts it on, and tries to check Yuki's heartbeat. People watch.]

Hatori: Take in a deep breath. How do you take this thing off?
Yuki: .......He's a doctor.

Yuki: There's probably nothing you could examine here.
Hatori: I'm checking because you haven't come once for your monthly check-up.

Tohru [concerned]: Sohma-kun, are you ill?
Yuki: What...? No, not at all.
Hatori: ...Yuki has weak bronchial tubes. When he was a child he used to have fits often. He'll be healthy when he's an adult, but we have to be careful.

Hatori: ....Are you Tohru Honda?

[Yuki takes note in the conversation.]

Tohru: Um, yes, good to meet you!

pg. 78

Hatori: I get it...
Tohru: ?
Hatori: You really are just an 'ordinary' girl.

Yuki [angry]: Hatori...
Voice: Kyaaaaaaa!

Voice: Don't sit on the counter!

[Momiji is sitting on the food counter, munching on a whole bunch of onigiri.]

Momiji [in German]: Was?
Kyou: What are you doing, you idiot?!

Yuki [sweatdropping]: Momiji...
Tohru: This is a problem... e-excuse me for a moment....

[Hatori and Yuki are left to talk to each other.]

Yuki: ....

Yuki: Why did you come?
Hatori: I could just say that it's because Momiji saw advertisements for the school festival.

pg. 79

Hatori: But I'll also tell you that Akito saw the advertisements, too, and wanted to come.
Yuki: What!
Hatori: He had a fever of 39 degrees, though, so as I a doctor I forbade him to go. Because of that, he insisted I go in his place.

[Off-screen Hatori talks, and sounds and screams of trying to control Momiji are heard.]

Hatori: And I came to look after Momiji.
Yuki: ...You're not looking after him at all.

*** Hatori: Hito no sukunai yuugata ni kita dake mashi darou.

Hatori: Don't worry. I'm not here because of Tohru Honda at all. I'll do *that* only if Akito decrees it.

Hatori: But let me tell you one thing–

pg. 80

*** Hatori: Sono gakkou de sugondemo sama ni naranzo. [Even in that dress you won't become a Mrs. (?)]
Yuki [sarcastic]: ...Thanks a lot.

[In the back part of the store-- which is closed off from everything else--, Kyou has gotten Momiji to sit down. There's a band-aid on Momiji's head, and he's wailing.]

Kyou [pissed]: Now you sit there and be quiet!
Momiji [crying]: Kyou hit me!
Tohru [stepping in]: Kyou-kun...

[Momiji's band-aid magically falls off. He bursts into a smile.]

Momiji: Ohhh, it's Tohru! Tohru! Are you happy? I came to see you! Where were you?
Tohru: I've been here the whole time... so you're a member of the Sohma family?

Momiji [in German]: Ja!
Momiji: That last time we met, it was destined, wasn't it!
Kyou [taken aback]: ....

Kyou: You guys know each other?
Tohru: Ah.
Momiji: We met in my dad's building!
Tohru: Eh.
Momiji: 'Cuz it's my dad's building, I go play there.

pg. 81

Tohru: Ehhhhh?! Really?!
Kyou: Hey...
Tohru: I've been cleaning the building of a Sohma family member?!
Momiji [laughing]: Tohru, you silly!

Tohru: But the company name is different, and Sohma-kun, who's walked me home from there, never said a word....
Narration: Yuki didn't know, either.

Momiji: Hey, Tohru! Tohru, you know about the jyuunishi, right?
Tohru: Yeah, I do.

Momiji: Yaaaaaay! Then I can hug you!
Kyou [grabbing Momiji]: One minute, you brat.

Momiji: But she won't mind if I transform!
*** Kyou: Think of where you are, first!
Tohru: ('I can hug you,' which must mean...!)

Tohru: (That he's one of the jyuunishi?!)
Momiji: Just 'cause Tohru's cute you think you can monopolize her?! I bet you get to hug her every day!

pg. 82

Kyou [blushing like mad]: WHA-- Who does that–
Momiji [glomping Tohru]: Geronimo!

[From outside the back part, a loud "po--n!" is heard, and a burst of smoke is seen. The people outside the booth notice the commotion.]

Yuki: !!
Guy1: What's that?! An explosion?
Girl1: Tohru! What happenin–

[They open the curtain to see...]

pg. 83

[A Tohru who's nearly died of a heart-attack, and the cutest bunny you ever saw on her knee. Kyou, too, is scared to the point that he can't speak.]

RandomPerson1: What is this? A rabbit?
RandomPerson1: What happened to Momiji?
Tohru: (This is a disaster!)

RandomGirl1 [looking at the clothes on the floor]: Wait a second! Isn't this Momiji's clothing?! This gaudy pink...
Tohru: Um, ah, er...
RandomGirl2: No way! What happened?! An explosion?!

RandomPerson3: This is all too weird! Momiji left only this clothing? Where'd he go? ...And where did the rabbit come from?
RandomPerson4: Strange, very *very* strange.
RandomPerson5: What happened, Tohru!

[Yuki is in conflict with himself. We see him clench his hand tightly.

RandomPerson6: This is beyond weird. Say something, Honda-san!
Yuki: ....weird?

pg. 84

[Yuki goes all sparkly and pretends to be deeply, heavily self-conscious.]

Yuki: If that's weird, then, I'm.... strange...

[Everyone turns to look at Yuki.]

Yuki: I mean, a boy like me, I couldn't possibly look good like this.

[Everyone starts blushing, and hearts fly! Everyone-- including the guys-- gather around Yuki to comfort him. Yuki does his best to look sad.]

Guy1: You fool! You're the absolute best!

[Tohru runs away, taking Momiji with her.]

*** Tohru [tearfully]: (Thank you, Sohma-kun. You sacrificed yourself....!)

[The people fade away, but we can still hear them saying things like, "You make a wonderful girl," "You're just like a girl," "If you really were a girl, I'd..." Yuki thanks them sarcastically.]

Kyou [yelling]: You brat, do you realize what you just did?!
Hatori: You're grounded for a week.

pg. 85

[Hatori, Kyou, Tohru, and Momiji have run away to the school roof. Momiji rests on Tohru's shoulder.]

Momiji: But, but....! Tohru, they're scaring me!
Kyou: Don't go sucking up!
Tohru: So you're the rabbit... and a male.
Hatori [stoically putting on his coat]: That was close. The only thing that saved us was Yuki's distraction.

Kyou: That guy's hobby is tricking the other sex. I tell you, no matter what he says, he likes that girly face of his–

[Yuki comes out of nowhere and punches Kyou sky-high!]

Yuki [darkly]: I can make you go higher...
Kyou [holding his bleeding nose]: Damned rat...!

pg. 86

Yuki: We told you to be careful, didn't we?
Hatori: Think about what you've done. For now, let's get going.

Momiji [perched on Tohru's head]: Already?! But I wanna stay and talk to Tohru!
Tohru: You guys could stay a bit longer...

Hatori: You promised, "If anything happens, we'll go home at once!"
Momiji: Harii is meeean....
Kyou: Go home!

Hatori: Oh, I almost forgot... Yuki, Kyou, stand over there.
Yuki: Why?

[Yuki and Kyou stand next to each other.]

Hatori: Answer me concisely.

Hatori: What's two plus one?

pg. 87

Kyou and Yuki: Three?

[Hatori pulls out a camera and takes a picture of their rather idiotic smiles.]

Hatori: Akito told me to take a picture.

[Hatori takes Momiji and starts leaving.]

Hatori: I got a good shot of the two of you. Bye.
Momiji [waving]: See ya later!
Kyou: HAAATOOORIII!
Kyou [off-screen]: Come back here! Gimme that camera!
Tohru: (I didn't end up learning very much about Hatori at all... I wonder if he's one of the jyuunishi?)

pg. 88

Yuki: This is a disaster...

Yuki [severely depressed]: If Akito sees a picture of me like this, who knows what he'll say...

[Yuki takes off the shirt part of his dress.]

Tohru: Kyaaaaaa! Sohma-kun! Yo-you'll catch a cold! Your organs... your trachea! {2}

Yuki: My trachea's fine..
Yuki: I can't stand to wear this anymore!
Tohru: But it made everyone so happy...
Yuki: Calling a guy cute upsets me.

Tohru [embarrassed]: ...Forgive me. I, too, thought that you were cute.
Yuki: ....

Yuki: ...I didn't want you to see me like this. It's indecent. I'm such an idiot...

pg. 89

Yuki: I should have refused to do this.

Tohru: Um, um, but, you know, when my mom called me cute, it made me really happy.

Tohru [smiling, remembering her mom hugging her]: She'd say she loved me, and give me a biiiiiig hug when she said it.

[Flashback]: Kyouko: You're soo cute!
[Flashback]: Weee~~!

Tohru: It always filled me with happiness.

Tohru: (A form of affection.)

Tohru: (Mom... mom, never again...)

pg. 90

Tohru: (Will you say it, but...)

Tohru: So, in other words, I think everyone is saying that the love you. Um! Uh,
*** Tohru [flustered]: T-this is just self-defense, I don't have anything else to say...

Yuki: Not at all... it's funny, but what you just said made be feel better.

Yuki: So I'll continue with the favor to the third-years for a bit longer. But before that–

Yuki [referring to the shirt that's stuck on his head]: Would you get this? The buttons got stuck in my hair.

Tohru: Taking it off or wearing it, either way the dress is troublesome.
Yuki: I think you'd look good in it, Honda-san.
Tohru [laughing]: Hardly! But I have to say, you really look like a princess.

pg. 91

[Tohru has both hands on Yuki's head.]

Yuki: You'd be cute.

[Tohru moves back a bit, surprised.]

Yuki: I'm sure you'd be cute in this dress.

[Yuki smiles at her coyly.]

pg. 92

[Yuki smiles embarrassedly.]

Yuki: ...Thanks.

Yuki: Let's go back to the classroom.

Tohru [freaking out]: Uwaa! (...I get it. Before you could call him 'cute,' or, 'pretty,')

*** Tohru: (Sohma-kun is first and foremost 'dashing.')

*** Tohru [freaking out]: Uwaaaaaaa..... (My heart's beating like mad from the surprise and emotion...!)

[Back in the classroom.]

Yuki: Did you get the camera back?
Kyou: I couldn't, so shut up.

pg. 93

Yuki: By the way, Honda-san.
Tohru [still flustered]: Y-yes?!
Yuki: I wanted to warn you about Hatori. If you ever meet him again, be careful about being left alone with him.

Tohru: Eh? Why?

Yuki: It's not that Hatori is a bad person...

Yuki: I've already told you how when I was younger some kids discovered my true form. The one who erased their memories was Hatori.

Tohru: !

*** Yuki: Because of that, I was worried... so I wanted to tell you...

[The school PA system turns on.]

PA: Tohru-san Honda of Class 1D, Tohru-san Honda of Class 1D. Please come as soon as possible to the first floor lounge.

pg. 94

PA: Calling once again, Tohru-san Honda of Class 1D...
Tohru: Wha, what?! Me?!
Yuki: What for...?
Tohru [nervous]: Um, off I go...
Yuki: Okay.

[Flashback] Yuki: The one who erased their memories...

*** Tohru: (I never thought that I'd get to meet the person who...)

[Awaiting Tohru in the lounge is, of course, Hatori.]

Hatori: Hello.

[Tohru freezes from shock.]

Sorry to call you here, but if Kyou and Yuki were there I couldn't speak to you straightforwardly.

Tohru: (Yuki warned me not to be alone with him!)

Hatori [handing Tohru a piece of paper]: It's a bit sudden, but here's the address to the Sohma housing. Come by on your next school holiday.
Tohru [surprised]: What?!

pg. 95

*** Hatori: I want to talk to you about a very important matter. Of course, you're not to mention this to the others, and you must consent to come.
Hatori: Do you get what I'm saying?

Tohru: ("The one who erased their memories is Hatori, the one who erased, erased, erased...!!")

Tohru [getting dizzy]: (What should I do?! If I refuse, he might erase my memory right here and now! But, but, he really might be being truthful about the discussion. Mom always told me to not be distrustful....)

Tohru [still dizzy, but determined]: I... I understand!
Hatori: Excellent. Who knows, you might even meet Akito.
Tohru [heart-attack!]: Eh?!

pg. 96

[Momiji pops out of nowhere and hugs Tohru loosely from behind.]

Momiji: Don't worry! To make sure Harii doesn't do anything perverted I'll come chaperone! So please come, Tohru!

Hatori: You...
Momiji: Tohru is a girl, so she's probably scared to be alone with a guy.
Tohru: (When did Momiji get here...?)

Tohru: (Knowing that Momiji will be there makes me feel better.)

Tohru: (I wonder why Hatori-san so suddenly called me and decided we needed to talk...?)